Thread: Deville DTS, Monitor Fabrication, -Nexson (Pics)

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Hey Guys!

Coming to you with another project. The fabrication is for a member here on the forums. Mike is his name and he had me do some work for him on this panel. The project is a bit different in the fact that I will not be finishing it. Actually, Mike is having it finished in a wood grain finish to match the rest of his Cadillac's interior.

The Website to where he plans to get this done is as follows: http://www.phoenix-image.com/Hydrogr...Burlwood02.htm

As for the fabrication, the monitor Mike is using is not a Lilliput but he opted for the Lilliput case because the dimensions are exact for his monitor he has. Since it was a different screen we were able to do away with all the buttons and I was able to make slight changes to the bottom of the bezel.

To fill the voids on either side of the screen I used wood sticks that were fully glued in with CA glue, which was then followed by Epoxy putty which is stronger then any filler. I used the putty on the back as well after I CA glue the bezel into the panel. From here I moved on to Duraglass short strand filler, and then any pinholes were filled in with Rage Xtreme. To top things off I used Slicksand High Build primer. From here I went through about 4-5 primer-ing and high grit sanding "sessions." Finally, I was able to wet sand in the last stage.

I left the panel perfectly smooth and ready for whatever needs to be done for the woodgrain, I believe that they most likely use a film to cover the panel, but it has to be perfect before leaving here.

I hope Mike comes back and posts pictures once it is woodgrained.

Here are the pictures from the work!

Damn that looks nice! I wish I had a DTS!!! Oh wait, that's MY panel, LOL. Can't wait to see it live and in person. The Phoenix Imaging process will make the whole bezel and climate control match the woodgrain in the car. That process takes about 2 weeks to get it back.

I will definitly start a work log for Caddyputer 3.0. This install is going to be SO cool, cus I plan on incorporating the night vision HUD into it. details posted soon.

Nice job, Brian! Many thanks for banging it out so fast.

Hey, how about a pic of the back view where the LCD mount is (you can e-mail it to me or post, either way is fine.

Originally Posted by quantum

Damn that looks nice! I wish I had a DTS!!! Oh wait, that's MY panel, LOL. Can't wait to see it live and in person. The Phoenix Imaging process will make the whole bezel and climate control match the woodgrain in the car. That process takes about 2 weeks to get it back.

I will definitly start a work log for Caddyputer 3.0. This install is going to be SO cool, cus I plan on incorporating the night vision HUD into it. details posted soon.

Nice job, Brian! Many thanks for banging it out so fast.

Hey, how about a pic of the back view where the LCD mount is (you can e-mail it to me or post, either way is fine.

Thanks man!

Too late for the pic, already packed up and ready to go!

Well basically every material i use has its own separate purpose and each material is used only on a certain step in the order of the way the panel is made. Basically the epoxy putty fills in everything rock hard. This is what gets sanded down. Then I use a Reinforced body filler which i get most of my smoothness out of, then with pinholes I use Xtreme to get it right. And I almost forgot, CA Glue is used to fuse all the pieces together before any filler.

Keep in mind, I have been doing this for over 3 years and have come to use all the correct and best products out there for my products/projects and they do show. You can always get the run of the mill materials at wal-mart, they will all do the same thing, but the quality isn't up to par.

Originally Posted by eric_barcus

that looks sooo dang good! im going to save this are the products that you explained above all the "exact" names of them? can i get a list? in order of use with a picture maybe?

Originally Posted by yaniv

Yes I would love to get the names too.

CA Glue
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Epoxy Putty
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Epoxy Putty Sanded Down
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Duraglass (short strand reinforced body filler) other names "Bondo Glass" (cheap brand)
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Duraglass sanded down (duraglass gallon in picture)
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Rage Xtreme Lite-Weight Body Filler (light blue) Used to get final smoothness
[media]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e25/nexson1/2nd%20album/IMG_8527.jpg[/media]

Duplicolor High Build Primer
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